Where does “catte” come from?

catte (English) comes from English cat, from Middle English catte, from Old English catte, from Germanic *kattǭ, from Germanic *kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

catte (English): Obsolete spelling of cat

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of cat

Ancestry of “catte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatAn animal of the family Felidae; A person; A...
2Middle Englishcatte—
3Old Englishcattea female cat
4Germanic*kattǭ—
5Germanic*kattuz—
6Latincattusa cat
7Latincattaa cat
Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Germanic *kattuz →